JP2011198145A - Device and method for processing bill - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently perform operation to re-receive rejected bills.SOLUTION: A bill processing device includes: an identification counting part for identifying input bills; a received bill propriety determining part for determining the received bill propriety of the bills based on the identified result of the bills by the identification counting part; a rejection cause specifying part for specifying a rejection cause of the rejected bills determined to forbid the received bill by the received bill propriety determining part; and a dispensing processing part for sorting and dispensing the rejected bills based on the rejection cause specified by the rejection cause specifying part.

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus and a banknote processing method for performing banknote depositing and depositing processes, and more particularly, to a banknote processing apparatus and a banknote processing method capable of efficiently performing a reject banknote re-payment operation.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a banknote processing apparatus that is installed in a financial institution such as a bank and performs banknote deposit / withdrawal processing is known. For example, the banknote processing apparatus described in Patent Document 1 identifies the denomination, authenticity, and the like for each banknote that has been identified as an appropriate banknote by using an identification unit for the banknote inserted into the deposit port. Store in the storage part. Moreover, the banknote processing apparatus of patent document 1 throws out the banknote accommodated in the accommodating part to the withdrawal port according to operation from an operator.

  Moreover, when the banknote processing apparatus described in Patent Document 1 includes improper banknotes such as counterfeit and non-performing bills in the deposited banknotes, these improper banknotes are ejected from a predetermined reject port as reject banknotes. Trying to make money.

  Here, the reject banknotes may include not only the above-mentioned inappropriate banknotes but also, for example, proper banknotes that cannot be stored because the storage unit is full. Similarly, the rejected banknotes may include appropriate banknotes that are determined to be unidentifiable by being transported in a skewed state or transported in a state of being connected to other banknotes. In other words, rejected banknotes may include banknotes that may be properly processed by re-identification.

  For this reason, for example, the operator collects banknotes from the full storage unit, and then re-inserts the reject banknotes discharged from the reject port into the deposit port, so that the appropriate banknotes included in the reject banknotes are stored in the storage unit. Re-payment work, such as storing them.

JP 2004-145600 A

  However, the conventional banknote handling apparatus has a problem that an operator cannot efficiently perform a re-payment operation of reject banknotes. This is because the conventional banknote processing apparatus discharges reject banknotes to the reject port in a state where inappropriate banknotes and appropriate banknotes are mixed.

  For this reason, conventionally, it has been necessary to perform a re-payment operation for rejected banknotes such as counterfeits and non-payments that cannot be securely deposited, which requires extra effort and time.

  In addition, the reject banknote may not include any appropriate banknote in the first place. However, it is difficult for an operator to determine that an appropriate banknote is not included in the reject banknotes by just looking at the reject banknotes accumulated in the reject port. For this reason, the operator has to perform a re-payment operation even if the reject banknote does not contain an appropriate banknote.

  From these things, it has become a big subject how to realize a bill processing device or bill processing method which can perform re-payment work of a reject bill efficiently.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems caused by the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote processing apparatus and a banknote processing method capable of efficiently performing a re-payment operation of reject banknotes. And

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention is a banknote processing apparatus for performing banknote depositing processing or depositing / withdrawing processing, and includes an identifying unit for identifying the inserted banknote, and the identifying unit. Deposit acceptability determining means for determining whether or not the banknote can be deposited based on the identification result, reject cause identifying means for identifying the reject cause of the reject banknote determined to be non-payable by the deposit enable / disable determining means, and the reject cause identifying And a withdrawal processing means for sorting and rejecting the rejected banknote based on the cause of rejection specified by the means.

  Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein the withdrawal processing means includes a predetermined notifying means together with a withdrawal mode including the withdrawal destination information of the rejected banknote for the rejection cause identified by the rejection cause identifying means. It is characterized by using and notifying.

  Further, the present invention, in the above invention, further comprises a plurality of storage means for storing the banknotes for each denomination, and a storage abnormality detection means for detecting an abnormality of the plurality of storage means for each storage means, The reject cause identifying means is when the reject banknote is recognized as appropriate by the identification means, and an abnormality of the storage means corresponding to the denomination of the reject banknote is detected by the storage abnormality detection means. The reject banknote is identified as a cause of rejection of the reject banknote, and the withdrawal processing section is configured to reject the reject banknote specified by the reject cause identification section as the reject cause is an abnormality of the storage section. It is characterized in that it is withdrawn after being separated from reject banknotes of other reject causes.

  Moreover, the present invention further includes a conveyance abnormality detection unit that detects a conveyance abnormality of the inserted banknote in the above invention, wherein the rejection cause identification unit is configured such that the rejection banknote is identified as inappropriate by the identification unit. And when the abnormal conveyance of the reject banknote is detected by the conveyance abnormality detection means, the rejection cause of the reject banknote is identified as a conveyance abnormality, and the withdrawal processing means identifies the rejection cause The reject banknote specified by the means that the reject cause is the conveyance abnormality is distinguished from the reject banknotes of other reject causes, and is withdrawn.

  Further, the present invention, in the above invention, further comprises a plurality of withdrawal ports for dispensing the banknote, the withdrawal processing means, the rejection cause identified by the rejection cause identification means is a predetermined rejection cause The corresponding first reject banknote is withdrawn to one of the withdrawal outlets, and the second reject banknote whose rejection cause does not correspond to a predetermined rejection cause is withdrawn to the other withdrawal opening. And

  Further, the present invention is the above invention, further comprising front / back reversing means for reversing and feeding out the banknotes that have been fed in, wherein the identifying means identifies the front / back of the banknotes, and the withdrawal processing means is the reject It is determined that the first reject banknote whose reject cause specified by the cause specifying means corresponds to the predetermined reject cause is to be withdrawn face-up or face-down, and the reject cause is the predetermined reject cause It is determined that the second reject banknote that does not correspond to the first reject banknote is to be withdrawn in the reverse direction, and the front / back reversing means is the front / back direction identified by the identification means and the withdrawal processing means. If the direction of the front and back determined by is different, reverse the front and back of the reject banknote and then withdraw the reject banknote The features.

  Moreover, this invention is a banknote processing method which performs the deposit process or deposit / withdrawal process of a banknote, Comprising: The identification process which identifies the inserted said banknote, and the acceptability of the said banknote based on the identification result in the said identification process The reject banknote based on the reject cause specified in the reject cause specifying process, the reject cause specifying process for specifying the reject cause of the reject banknote determined to be non-payable in the deposit enable / disable determining process, and the reject cause specified in the reject cause specifying process And a withdrawal processing step of withdrawing money.

  Further, in the present invention according to the present invention, in the above-described invention, the withdrawal processing step uses a predetermined notifying unit together with a withdrawal aspect including the withdrawal destination information of the rejected banknote for the rejection cause identified in the rejection cause identifying step. It is characterized by notifying.

  According to the present invention, the identification unit identifies the inserted banknote, the deposit acceptance determination unit determines whether the bill can be deposited based on the identification result by the identification unit, and the rejection cause identification unit determines whether the deposit is permitted. The reason for rejecting rejected banknotes determined to be non-payable by the means is specified, and the withdrawal processing means classifies the reject banknotes based on the cause of rejection specified by the reject cause identifying means, and the banknotes are rejected. There is an effect that the re-payment operation of banknotes can be performed efficiently.

  Further, according to the present invention, the withdrawal processing means notifies the rejection cause specified by the rejection cause specifying means together with the withdrawal mode including the withdrawal destination information of the reject banknote using the predetermined notification means. Therefore, the effect that the re-payment operation | work of a reject banknote can be performed more efficiently is produced.

  In addition, according to the present invention, the reject cause identifying means further includes a plurality of storage means for storing banknotes for each denomination, and a storage abnormality detection means for detecting abnormality of the plurality of storage means for each storage means. When the rejected banknote is recognized as appropriate by the identifying means, and the storage means abnormality corresponding to the denomination of the reject banknote is detected by the storage abnormality detecting means, the rejection cause of the reject banknote is the storage means abnormality The withdrawal processing means divides the reject banknote identified by the reject cause identifying means as the cause of the rejection of the storage means and separates the reject banknote from other reject cause reject banknotes. . Therefore, there is an effect that it is possible to efficiently perform the re-payment operation of the reject banknote that has been made impossible to deposit due to the abnormality of the storage unit even though it is a proper banknote.

  In addition, according to the present invention, the apparatus further includes a conveyance abnormality detection unit that detects a conveyance abnormality of the inserted banknote, and the rejection cause identification unit recognizes that the reject banknote is inappropriate by the identification unit, and the rejection When a banknote conveyance abnormality is detected by the conveyance abnormality detection unit, the rejection cause of the reject banknote is identified as a conveyance abnormality, and the withdrawal processing unit is rejected by the rejection cause identification unit. It was decided that the rejected banknotes identified as "" were separated from the reject banknotes that caused other rejects and then withdrawn. Therefore, there is an effect that it is possible to efficiently perform the re-payment operation of rejected banknotes that cannot be deposited due to a conveyance abnormality such as skew and chain.

  Moreover, according to this invention, it is further provided with the some discharge port which throws out a banknote, and the withdrawal processing means is the 1st reject in which the rejection cause specified by the rejection cause specification means corresponds to a predetermined rejection cause. The banknotes are withdrawn to one withdrawal port, and the second reject banknote whose rejection cause does not correspond to the predetermined rejection cause is to be withdrawn to another withdrawal port. Accordingly, the appropriate reject banknote that can be deposited by re-insertion and the improper reject banknote that will not be deposited no matter how many times it is inserted can be withdrawn to different dispensing outlets. There is an effect that the depositing work can be performed efficiently.

  Moreover, according to the present invention, it further comprises front / back reversing means for reversing and feeding the banknotes that have been fed in, the identifying means identifies the front / back of the banknotes, and the withdrawal processing means is identified by the reject cause identifying means. It is determined that the first reject banknote whose reject cause corresponds to the predetermined reject cause is to be withdrawn in either the front or the reverse direction, and the second reject banknote whose reject cause does not correspond to the predetermined reject cause Is determined to be withdrawn in the opposite direction to the first reject banknote, and the front / back reversing means is different from the front / back direction identified by the identifying means and the front / back orientation determined by the withdrawal processing means. The reject banknote was withdrawn after reversing the front and back of the reject banknote. Therefore, as a result of being able to withdraw appropriate reject banknotes that can be deposited by re-insertion and improper reject banknotes that will not be deposited no matter how many times they are inserted in different orientations, There is an effect that it can be performed efficiently.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a banknote processing method according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the banknote handling apparatus according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the banknote handling apparatus according to the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation example when sorting out the withdrawal destinations of rejected banknotes due to storage errors. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an operation example in the case where the withdrawal destinations of reject banknotes due to abnormal conveyance are classified. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an operation example of the front / back reversing process by the temporary storage unit. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an operation example when sorting rejected banknotes using the temporary storage unit. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating another operation example of the withdrawal processing unit. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the banknote processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a case where the deposit / withdrawal process is performed based on the processor code. FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining a case where processing is performed without distinguishing between old and new banknotes.

  Embodiments of a banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  First, prior to detailed description of the embodiment, an outline of the banknote processing method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a banknote processing method according to the present invention. Note that (A) in the figure shows an outline of processing of the banknote processing apparatus, (B) in the figure shows a specific example of the cause of rejection, and (C) in the figure shows the output for the rejected banknote. An operation example of gold processing is shown.

  In the banknote processing method according to the present invention, reject banknotes determined to be non-payable can be sorted and dispensed according to the cause of rejection.

  Specifically, as shown in (A) of the figure, in the banknote processing method according to the present invention, first, a banknote thrown into the banknote processing apparatus is identified using an identification unit. Here, the discriminating unit discriminates the denomination, authenticity, correctness, front / back, etc. of the banknote.

  Subsequently, in the banknote processing method according to the present invention, the depositability determination unit determines whether the banknote can be deposited based on the identification result by the identification unit, and stores the banknote determined to be depositable for each denomination. Store in the part. Moreover, in the banknote processing method which concerns on this invention, the banknote determined with the deposit | payment possibility determination part to be non-payable is withdrawn from a predetermined withdrawal port as a reject banknote. That is, the banknote handling apparatus can store other normal banknotes for each denomination while throwing out reject banknotes based on the identification result by the identification unit.

  However, rejected banknotes may include rejected banknotes that are determined to be unacceptable by the depositing permission / inhibition determination unit as a result of being identified as inappropriate by the recognition unit even though they are proper banknotes (the same figure). (See (A-1)). In addition, the reject banknotes may include reject banknotes that are determined to be non-payable by the depositing permission / inhibition determination unit even though they are identified as appropriate by the identification unit ((A-2) in the figure). reference).

  Specifically, as shown in (B) of the same figure, rejected banknotes, in addition to being rejected due to being identified as a fake or non-performing bill by the identifying unit, are transport errors such as skew and chaining. In some cases, it may be the cause of the rejection that it could not be identified.

  Further, even if the rejected banknote is recognized as appropriate by the identification unit, the case where the storage unit is not able to be stored due to fullness or failure is a cause of rejection or is not handled by the banknote handling apparatus. May cause rejection.

  Of these reject causes, rejected banknotes that have been identified as counterfeit or damaged or rejected because they are not handled are suitable even if they are re-inserted into the banknote handling apparatus. Will not be processed. However, rejected banknotes that are caused by a transport abnormality such as skewing or chaining or a storage abnormality such as fullness or failure of the storage unit are inherently proper banknotes, and are therefore re-inserted into the banknote processing apparatus. May be processed properly (that is, stored in the banknote processing apparatus).

  Therefore, in the banknote processing method according to the present invention, when a reject banknote is withdrawn, the cause of the rejection is identified, and the reject banknote is classified and dispensed according to the identified reject cause. Specifically, in the banknote processing method according to the present invention, an improper reject banknote (see (B-1) in the figure) that is not processed properly even if reinserted, and properly processed by reinsertion. It was decided that the appropriate rejected banknote (see (B-2) in the figure) could be dispensed and then withdrawn (see (B-3) in the figure).

  For example, as shown in (C) of the figure, in the banknote processing method according to the present invention, the appropriate reject banknote is withdrawn to the first withdrawal port (see (C-1) in the figure), Appropriate reject banknotes can be withdrawn to the second withdrawal port (see (C-2) in the figure). As described above, since the operator can easily take out only the proper reject banknote by changing the withdrawal destination of the proper reject banknote and the inappropriate reject banknote, the re-payment work can be efficiently performed. Become.

  In addition, it is also possible to classify a proper reject banknote and an improper reject banknote using one withdrawal port. For example, if the banknote processing device is provided with a function for reversing the front and back of banknotes, the correct reject banknotes are withdrawn face up and the reject banknotes are withdrawn face-down. Is also possible. It is also possible to sort these by shifting the correct reject banknote and the inappropriate reject banknote in the left-right direction, or by changing the vertical and horizontal orientations between the proper reject banknote and the inappropriate reject banknote. be able to.

  Thus, in the banknote processing method according to the present invention, the rejected banknotes are classified and dispensed based on the cause of rejection. In particular, in the banknote handling method according to the present invention, the banknotes are divided into appropriate reject banknotes that may be properly processed by re-injection, and inappropriate reject banknotes that cannot be deposited even after re-injection. Since it was decided to make money, it is possible to increase the efficiency of the re-payment work of rejected banknotes by the operator.

  By the way, rejected banknotes that are caused by a conveyance error will be properly processed as long as they are removed from the outlet and re-inserted. It is necessary to re-enter after eliminating the problem. In addition, for example, when a proper reject banknote is a thousand yen bill and an inappropriate reject banknote is a fake bill of a thousand yen bill, it may not be obvious at a glance which reject banknote is a proper reject banknote. .

  Therefore, in the banknote processing method according to the present invention, the rejection information including the rejection cause of each rejected banknote and the withdrawal mode (for example, the withdrawal destination) of each rejected banknote is notified using a notification unit such as a display unit or a speaker. To do. As a result, the operator who performs the re-payment operation can grasp that the abnormality of the storage unit needs to be resolved before re-insertion, and where the appropriate reject banknote to be re-inserted has been dispensed. This makes it possible to perform re-payment work more efficiently.

  The reject information may be notified using a display unit or a speaker provided in the banknote processing apparatus, or may be notified from an operation terminal connected to the banknote processing apparatus. Here, the terminal for operation may be a terminal device (for example, a personal computer) that mainly performs only operation control and state confirmation of the banknote processing device, or is connected to a plurality of devices including the banknote processing device, It may be a higher-level terminal (for example, a server or a dedicated device) that manages each device or wants to collect data from each device. In the following embodiments, description will be made using an upper terminal as an example of the operation terminal.

  Moreover, although the case where the appropriate reject banknote and the inappropriate reject banknote were classified was demonstrated here, it is not restricted to this. That is, a user such as an operator can arbitrarily set the method of sorting reject banknotes such as which reject banknotes are to be sorted with which reject banknotes or which reject banknotes are to be dispensed to which withdrawal port.

  For example, appropriate reject banknotes may be further sorted and withdrawn. That is, it is possible to withdraw a properly rejected banknote due to a conveyance error to the first withdrawal port and to dispense a reject banknote due to a storage abnormality to the second withdrawal port. Similarly, inappropriate reject banknotes may be further divided and withdrawn. That is, it is also possible to withdraw inappropriate reject banknotes such as counterfeits and non-performing bills to the first withdrawal port, and to dispense inappropriate reject banknotes that are not subject to handling to the second withdrawal port. .

  Below, the Example about the banknote processing apparatus and banknote processing method to which the banknote processing method demonstrated using FIG. 1 is applied is described in detail. In addition, below, it demonstrates using the banknote processing apparatus which performs the deposit or withdrawal process of a banknote as an example of a banknote processing apparatus. However, the banknote processing apparatus according to the present invention can also be applied to a banknote processing apparatus that performs only banknote deposit processing.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the overall configuration of the banknote handling apparatus according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the banknote handling apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment includes an identification counting unit 11, a deposit port 12, a withdrawal port 13, a deposit reject port 14, a temporary storage unit 15, and a transport unit 16. A conveyance abnormality detection sensor 17, a storage unit 18, a stacking unit 19, and the like.

  The identification counting unit 11 is a banknote identification unit that identifies banknotes conveyed by the conveyance unit 16. Specifically, the identification counting unit 11 performs various types of discrimination such as denomination determination, authenticity determination, damage determination, and front / back determination on the banknotes transported by the transport unit 16. Moreover, the identification counting part 11 also performs the process which counts the identified banknote for every money type. In addition, authenticity determination shows determining whether a banknote is a genuine article or a counterfeit, and correctness determination means that a genuine banknote is in good condition (correct sheet) or a banknote with dirt or damage (damaged ticket). ) Is determined.

  The depositing port 12 is a box in which the top surface of the apparatus is recessed to form an opening, and a depositing bill such as a roller provided in or near the box is fed one by one into the transporting unit 16 inside the apparatus. Move over to. Note that the start of feeding the deposited banknote may be performed manually or automatically.

  The withdrawal port 13 is a box in which an opening is formed in the same manner as the withdrawal port 12, and collects withdrawal banknotes dispensed from the inside of the apparatus in accordance with a withdrawal instruction from the operator. In the present embodiment, the withdrawal port 13 is also used as one of the withdrawal destinations of reject banknotes.

  The deposit rejection port 14 is a withdrawal port for collecting reject banknotes. Thus, in the banknote processing apparatus 1 which concerns on a present Example, it is supposed that two withdrawal openings, the withdrawal opening 13 and the payment rejection opening 14, are utilized as a withdrawal destination of a reject banknote. And the banknote processing apparatus 1 which concerns on a present Example classify | categorizes an appropriate reject banknote and an improper reject banknote into these two payment outlets, and withdraws them. Details of this point will be described later.

  The temporary storage unit 15 is a box in which an opening is formed in the same manner as the deposit port 12 and the withdrawal port 13, and the banknotes transported by the transport unit 16 are temporarily stored and temporarily retained, and the stored banknotes can be fed out. It is a storing and feeding part. Moreover, the temporary storage part 15 can reverse the front and back of a banknote by switching back the banknote conveyed by the conveyance part 16, and returning to the conveyance part 16. FIG. The specific configuration and operation of the temporary storage unit 15 will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The transport unit 16 is a transport unit including a belt conveyor that sandwiches banknotes from both front and back sides and transports the banknotes one by one and a drive unit of the belt conveyor. Specifically, the transport unit 16 belts the identification counting unit 11, the deposit port 12, the withdrawal port 13, the deposit reject port 14, the temporary storage unit 15, the stackers 18a to 18e, the scrutiny cassette 18f, and the stacking unit 19 described later. They are connected to each other by a conveyor, and banknotes are conveyed between these parts.

  The drive unit of the belt conveyor includes a roller for driving the belt conveyor, a path switching unit provided at each branch point of the transport unit 16, and the like. Here, the path switching unit is configured to convey the banknotes conveyed by the conveyance unit 16 as it is to the downstream side of the conveyance unit 16 and each unit connected to the conveyance unit 16 (for example, the withdrawal port 13 and the deposit rejection port 14). The bill can be thrown out to a desired place by swinging between the position and the position where the bill is conveyed.

  The conveyance abnormality detection sensor 17 is a sensor that detects a conveyance abnormality of banknotes such as skew and chain, and a plurality of conveyance abnormality detection sensors 17 are provided along the conveyance unit 16. The conveyance abnormality detection sensor 17 detects that the banknote is skewed when the banknote is tilted by a predetermined amount or more with respect to the transport direction, and the banknote when the distance from the other banknote is less than the predetermined interval. Detect that is in a chained state. A specific detection method of the conveyance abnormality detection sensor 17 will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The storage unit 18 includes a plurality of stackers 18a to 18e that store the banknotes transported by the transport unit 16 for each denomination and a scrutiny cassette 18f. The stackers 18a to 18e are cassette-type storage units that store banknotes for each denomination. In addition, the stackers 18 a to 18 e include a feeding mechanism for feeding the stored banknotes to the transport unit 16. Each of the stackers 18a to 18e is provided with an indicator such as a lamp for notifying storage abnormality such as fullness or failure.

  In this embodiment, it is assumed that a thousand yen bill is stored in the stacker 18a, a 2000 yen bill is stored in the stacker 18b, a 5000 yen bill is stored in the stacker 18c, and a 10,000 yen bill is stored in the stacker 18d. However, the operator can arbitrarily set which banknote of which denomination is stored in which stacker.

  The scrutinizing cassette 18f is a cash cassette that can be attached to and detached from the banknote handling apparatus 1. When the number of stackers 18a to 18e is uncertain due to banknote jam or the like, the number of stackers 18a to 18e is stored. Used when scrutinizing. Note that the scrutiny cassette 18 f can store banknotes as well as the stackers 18 a to 18 e and can feed the stored banknotes to the transport unit 16.

  Unlike the storage unit 18, the stacking unit 19 is a storage unit that only stores banknotes. The accumulation unit 19 stores, for example, sales proceeds after the end of business.

  Moreover, the banknote processing apparatus 1 which concerns on a present Example is mutually connected with the high-order terminal 2 via the networks 3, such as WAN (Wide Area Network). The host terminal 2 is a terminal device such as a server or a dedicated device, and manages the banknote processing device 1. For example, the upper terminal 2 receives and stores the identification result and the counting result by the identification counting unit 11 via the network 3. The upper terminal 2 includes a display unit, and can also receive reject information from the banknote handling apparatus 1 and display the reject information on the display unit.

  Next, the functional configuration of the banknote handling apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the banknote handling apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment. Here, the chain line shown in the figure indicates the flow of banknotes conveyed by the conveyance unit 16. In the figure, only components necessary for explaining the features of the banknote handling apparatus 1 are shown, and descriptions of general components are omitted.

  As shown in the figure, the banknote handling apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment includes an identification counting unit 11, a withdrawal port 13, a deposit rejection port 14, a temporary holding unit 15, a transport unit 16, and a transport abnormality detection. A sensor 17, a storage unit 18, a display unit 20, a storage abnormality detection sensor 21, and a control unit 22 are provided. Further, the control unit 22 includes a depositing permission / inhibition determining unit 22a, a depositing processing unit 22b, a reject cause identifying unit 22c, and a withdrawal processing unit 22d.

  Here, since the identification counting unit 11, the withdrawal port 13, the deposit rejection port 14, the temporary holding unit 15, the transport unit 16, the transport abnormality detection sensor 17 and the storage unit 18 have already been described with reference to FIG. Is omitted.

  The display unit 20 is a display device that presents various types of information. For example, the display unit 20 displays reject information including the reject cause of each reject banknote and the withdrawal mode of each reject banknote. Here, the withdrawal mode of reject banknotes refers to the withdrawal destination of the reject banknotes (for example, the withdrawal port 13 and the deposit rejection port 14), the direction of the reject banknotes to be dispensed (for example, portrait orientation, landscape orientation), and the like. Show.

  The reject information may be displayed not only on the display unit 20 of the banknote processing apparatus 1 but also on the display unit of the upper terminal 2 connected to the banknote processing apparatus 1. Moreover, you may display the identification result and counting result by the identification counting part 11 on the display part 20 of the banknote processing apparatus 1, and the display part of the high-order terminal 2. FIG.

  The storage abnormality detection sensor 21 is a sensor that detects a storage abnormality in the storage unit 18, and is provided in each of the stackers 18a to 18e. Specifically, the storage abnormality detection sensor 21 detects that the stackers 18a to 18e are full as a storage abnormality. In addition, the storage abnormality detection sensor 21 detects that the corresponding stacker is not in a state in which banknotes can be stored due to banknote jam or the like as a storage abnormality.

  The control unit 22 is a processing unit that executes processing such as deposit acceptance / rejection determination, deposit processing, reject cause identification processing, and withdrawal processing. The control unit 22 is, for example, an integrated circuit such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) or an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or an electronic circuit such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or an MPU (Micro Processing Unit). .

  The deposit acceptance / rejection determination unit 22 a is a processing unit that determines whether or not a bill can be deposited based on the identification result by the identification counting unit 11.

  For example, in the deposit acceptance / rejection determination unit 22a, when the banknote is identified as appropriate by the identification counting unit 11, the storage abnormality detection sensor 21 has detected the storage abnormality of the stackers 18a to 18e corresponding to the denomination of the banknote. For example, it is determined that the banknote can be deposited. Then, when it is determined that the banknote can be deposited, the deposit acceptance / rejection determination unit 22a notifies the deposit processing unit 22b of an instruction to execute the deposit process together with information on the denomination of the bill identified by the identification counting unit 11.

  On the other hand, in the deposit acceptance / rejection determination unit 22a, when the banknote is identified as appropriate by the identification counting unit 11, the storage abnormality detection sensor 21 detects the storage abnormality of the stackers 18a to 18e corresponding to the banknote denomination. If so, it is determined that the banknote cannot be deposited. This is because the stackers 18a to 18e for storing such banknotes are not in a state in which banknotes can be stored.

  And the acceptance | permission determination part 22a notifies the identification result of the identification counting part 11 regarding this reject banknote, and the detection result of the storage abnormality detection sensor 21 with respect to the rejection cause specific | specification part 22c.

  Moreover, even if it is a case where a banknote is discriminate | determined by the identification counting part 11, the deposit | possibility determination part 22a cannot deposit such a banknote when the denomination of this banknote is a denomination other than a handling object. Is determined. And the acceptance | permission determination part 22a notifies the identification result of the identification counting part 11 regarding this reject banknote with respect to the rejection cause specific | specification part 22c. For example, when the device itself handles only US dollars, denominations other than US dollars are non-handling denominations.

  Further, when the identification counting unit 11 identifies the banknote as a fake ticket, a damaged ticket, or an indistinguishable ticket, the depositing permission / inhibition determination unit 22a determines that the banknote cannot be deposited. And the acceptance | permission determination part 22a notifies the identification result of the identification counting part 11 regarding this reject banknote, and the detection result of the conveyance abnormality detection sensor 17 with respect to the rejection cause specific | specification part 22c. This is because the banknotes identified as indistinguishable bills may include banknotes that cannot be identified due to conveyance errors such as skew and chaining.

  The deposit processing unit 22b is a processing unit that executes banknote deposit processing in accordance with an instruction from the deposit acceptance / rejection determination unit 22a. Specifically, when the deposit processing unit 22b receives an instruction to execute the deposit process from the deposit permission / inhibition determination unit 22a, the denomination of the banknote identified by the identification counting unit 11 by driving the path switching unit of the transport unit 16 is performed. It accommodates in the stackers 18a-18e according to.

  The reject cause identifying unit 22c is a processing unit that identifies the reject cause of the reject banknote determined to be non-payable by the deposit enable / disable determining unit 22a.

  Specifically, the rejection cause identifying unit 22c receives the identification result of the identification counting unit 11 and the detection result of the storage abnormality detection sensor 17 regarding the rejected banknote from the deposit possibility determination unit 22a. And the rejection cause specific | specification part 22c shows that the reject banknote is an appropriate banknote in the received information, and the stackers 18a-18e corresponding to the denomination of the reject banknote are in an abnormal storage state. In addition, the rejection cause of the reject banknote is specified as abnormal storage.

  Moreover, the rejection cause specific | specification part 22c receives the identification result of the identification counting part 11 regarding a rejection banknote, and the detection result of the conveyance abnormality detection sensor 17 from the money_receiving | payment determination part 22a. And the rejection cause specific | specification part 22c is a rejection cause of this rejection banknote, when the rejected banknote is an indistinguishable ticket and the conveyance state of a rejection banknote is shown in the received information. Is identified as a transport error.

  Moreover, the rejection cause specific | specification part 22c receives the identification result of the identification counting part 11 regarding a reject banknote from the money_receiving | payment determination part 22a. And the rejection cause specific | specification part 22c says that the rejection cause of this rejection banknote is outside a handling object, when the received information shows that the denomination of a rejection banknote is a money type outside a handling object. Identify.

  Then, the reject cause identifying unit 22c notifies the withdrawal processing unit 22d of the identified reject cause and the withdrawal instruction of the reject banknote.

  The withdrawal processing unit 22d is a processing unit that, when receiving a withdrawal instruction from the rejection cause identification unit 22c, sorts and rejects reject banknotes based on the rejection cause identified by the rejection cause identification unit 22c.

  Here, an operation example of the withdrawal processing by the withdrawal processing unit 22d will be described. First, an example of the operation when sorting out the banknotes to be rejected due to abnormal storage will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation example when sorting out the withdrawal destinations of rejected banknotes due to storage errors.

  In the figure, a case where an abnormal storage has occurred in the thousand yen bill stacker 18a will be described as an example. That is, in the same figure, it shows about the case where the reject banknote by storage abnormality is a thousand yen bill. Further, (A) in the figure shows an example of the operation of the withdrawal processing unit 22d, (B) in the figure shows a display example of reject information, and (C) in the figure shows an abnormal storage. This shows how the reject banknote is re-inserted.

  As shown to (A) of the figure, suppose that several banknotes including a thousand yen bill were received with respect to the deposit port 12 (refer (A-1) of the figure). In such a case, in the banknote processing apparatus 1, the identification counting unit 11 identifies and counts the banknotes inserted into the deposit port 12 one by one (see (A-2) in the figure), and the deposit acceptance / rejection determination unit 22a identifies the result. To determine whether or not banknotes can be deposited.

  Here, in the banknote processing apparatus 1, when it is determined that the banknote can be deposited by the depositability determination unit 22a, the deposit processing unit 22b stores the banknote in any of the stackers 18a to 18e according to the denomination. (Not shown).

  On the other hand, in the banknote processing apparatus 1, when it is determined that the banknote cannot be deposited by the depositing possibility determination unit 22a, the rejection cause identifying unit 22c identifies the rejection cause of the rejected banknote. Here, the rejection cause identifying unit 22c detects that the banknote identified by the identification counting unit 11 is a thousand yen bill and that the thousand yen bill stacker 18a is full by the storage abnormality detection sensor 21. If it is present (see (A-3) in the figure), it is specified that the reason for rejecting the thousand yen bill is an abnormal storage.

  And in the banknote processing apparatus 1, the rejection banknote (namely, thousand yen bill) by which the rejection cause specified by the rejection cause specific | specification part 22c is abnormal storage is withdrawn to the deposit | rejection rejection port 14 ((A-4 of the same figure)). )reference). Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 1, the rejection banknote (for example, a loss ticket) by rejection causes other than storage abnormality is withdrawn to the withdrawal port 13 (refer (A-5) of the figure).

  As a result, the thousand yen bill, which is a reject banknote due to storage abnormality, is withdrawn to a withdrawal destination different from the reject banknote due to another reject cause.

  Subsequently, the withdrawal processing unit 22d causes the display unit 20 to display reject information as shown in FIG. For example, the withdrawal processing unit 22 rejects information such as “The thousand yen bill stacker is full. Please collect.” And “Please re-insert the banknote at the deposit rejection port after collection.” Is displayed on the display unit 20. Thus, the rejection information includes the rejection cause identified by the rejection cause identifying unit 22c, the withdrawal mode including the withdrawal destination information of the rejected banknote, and the like.

  And an operator will perform the re-payment operation | work of a reject banknote according to the rejection information displayed with respect to the display part 20. FIG. Specifically, as shown in (C) of the figure, the operator collects the banknotes from the stacker 18a corresponding to the thousand yen bill (see (C-1) of the figure), and then the deposit reject port 14 The thousand yen bills withdrawn are taken out and re-inserted into the deposit slot 12 (see (C-2) in the figure). As a result, the thousand-yen bill re-introduced into the deposit port 12 is determined to be depositable by the depositing permission / inhibition determining unit 22a and stored in the thousand-yen bill stacker 18a ((C-3 in the same figure). )reference).

  In addition, when the operator collects banknotes from the full stackers 18a to 18e, or when replacing the failed stackers 18a to 18e, the operator checks the indicators provided on the stackers 18a to 18e. It is possible to easily grasp which stacker 18a to 18e has an abnormal storage. Further, the storage abnormality of the stackers 18a to 18e is not limited to being notified by the indicator, but may be notified from the upper terminal 2 connected to the banknote processing apparatus 1.

  As described above, the reject cause identifying unit 22c recognizes that the reject banknote is proper by the identification counting unit 11, and the storage abnormality detection sensor 21 detects an abnormality of the storage unit 18 corresponding to the denomination of the reject banknote. The reject banknote is identified as being abnormal in storage, and the withdrawal processing unit 22d classifies the reject banknote specified as being rejected from other reject banknotes. And decided to withdraw. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently perform the re-payment operation of the reject banknote that has been determined to be non-payable due to an abnormality in the storage unit even though the banknote is appropriate.

  In addition, since the withdrawal processing unit 22d notifies the rejection cause specified by the rejection cause specifying unit 22c using a predetermined notification means together with a withdrawal mode including information indicating a withdrawal destination of the rejected banknote, Re-payment work of reject banknotes can be performed more efficiently.

  In addition, although (B) of the figure demonstrated the case where only the rejection information of the reject banknote by storage abnormality was displayed, the withdrawal processing part 22d may also display the rejection information regarding another reject banknote. Further, the withdrawal processing unit 22d may display the reject information on the display unit of the upper terminal connected via the network 3.

  Next, an operation example in the case of sorting the withdrawal destination of rejected banknotes due to conveyance abnormality will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an operation example in the case where the withdrawal destinations of reject banknotes due to abnormal conveyance are classified. In addition, (A) of the figure shows a detection method of the conveyance abnormality detection sensor 17, and (B) of the figure shows an operation example of the withdrawal processing unit 22d.

  As shown to (A) of the figure, the conveyance abnormality detection sensor 17 is comprised including the some sensors 17a-17c arrange | positioned in the direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the conveyance part 16, and these sensors 17a-17c. Is used to detect conveyance errors such as banknote skewing and chaining.

  For example, as shown to (A-1) of the figure, the conveyance abnormality detection sensor 17 can calculate the inclination of a banknote by observing the time change of the detection result of the sensors 17a-17c at the time of banknote passage. . And the conveyance abnormality detection sensor 17 detects that this banknote is a skew state, when the inclination of the calculated banknote is more than predetermined amount.

  Moreover, as shown to (A-2) of the figure, the conveyance abnormality detection sensor 17 calculates | requires the space | interval of banknotes from the time after the sensors 17a-17c detect a banknote until it detects the next banknote. . And the conveyance abnormality detection sensor 17 detects that this banknote is a chain | linkage state, when the calculated | required space | interval is below a predetermined space | interval. For example, the conveyance abnormality detection sensor 17 detects that it is in a chain state when the bill interval is 60 mm or less.

  Thus, the conveyance abnormality detection sensor 17 detects that the banknote is skewed when the banknote is tilted by a predetermined amount or more with respect to the transport direction, and the interval between the banknote and the other banknote is equal to or less than the predetermined interval. In this case, it is detected that the banknotes are in a chained state.

  On the other hand, the reject cause identifying unit 22c rejects when the reject banknote is identified as an indistinguishable ticket by the identification counting unit 11, and the conveyance abnormality detection unit 22d detects such a conveyance abnormality of the reject banknote. It is specified that the cause of banknote rejection is a conveyance error.

  Then, as shown in (B) of the figure, the withdrawal processing unit 22d withdraws the reject banknote identified by the reject cause identifying unit 22c that the reject cause is a conveyance error to the deposit reject port 14 ( (See (B-1) in the figure). Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 1, the other rejection banknote whose rejection cause is other than conveyance abnormality is withdrawn to the withdrawal port 13 (refer (B-2) of the figure).

  As described above, the reject cause identifying unit 22d rejects when the reject banknote is identified as inappropriate by the identification counting unit 11 and the transport abnormality detection sensor 17 detects the transport abnormality of the reject banknote. The cause is specified as a conveyance abnormality, and the withdrawal processing unit 22d determines that the reject banknote identified as the rejection cause is a conveyance abnormality and separates the reject banknote from other reject banknotes. Therefore, there is an effect that it is possible to efficiently perform the re-payment operation of reject banknotes that happen to be unable to be deposited due to conveyance errors such as skew and chain.

  Moreover, as has been described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5, the withdrawal processing unit 22 d receives the first reject banknote (for example, a proper reject banknote) in which the reject cause corresponds to the predetermined reject cause. Withdrawing money to a mouth, a second reject banknote (for example, an inappropriate reject banknote) that does not correspond to a predetermined reject cause is to be withdrawn to another withdrawal outlet. Therefore, because the correct reject banknote that can be deposited by re-insertion and the inappropriate reject banknote that cannot be deposited no matter how many times it is inserted, it is dispensed to a different withdrawal port. Can be performed efficiently.

  By the way, up to now, we have explained the case of sorting reject banknotes by setting multiple outlets and sorting reject banknotes to any one of the outlets. Absent. For example, the withdrawal processing unit 22d can sort and reject reject banknotes even if there is only one withdrawal port. Hereinafter, this point will be described.

  First, a case will be described in which reject banknotes are sorted by changing the direction of the front and back of reject banknotes. In such a case, the withdrawal processing device 22d uses the temporary storage unit 15 to perform the withdrawal processing while appropriately changing the front and back direction of the reject banknote.

  Here, an operation example of the front / back reversing process by the temporary storage unit 15 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an operation example of the front / back reversing process by the temporary storage unit. In addition, (A) of the figure shows an example of operation when the banknote is fed into the temporary storage unit 15, and (B) of the same figure shows an example of operation when the banknote is fed out from the temporary storage unit 15. Yes.

  As shown to (A) of the figure, the temporary storage part 15 is provided with the switchback path | route 15a and the tape type winding part 15b. The switchback path 15a is a path branched from the transport unit 16, and connects the transport unit 16 and the tape type winding unit 15b. Here, the banknote transported by the transport unit 16 is once drawn into the switchback path 15a and then drawn out to the transport unit 16 again (that is, switched back), whereby the transport unit 16 is turned upside down. Will be returned to. Note that the switchback path 15 a is also a path that connects the transport unit 16 and the deposit rejection port 14.

  The tape type winding unit 15 b includes a rotating drum 151, an upper pulley 152, a lower pulley 153, and tapes 154 and 155. The rotating drum 151 is a rotating member that is rotatably supported forward and backward, and two tapes 154 and 155 are wound around the periphery. The upper pulley 152 is a member that winds the tape 154 out of the two tapes 154 and 155, and the lower pulley 153 is a member that winds the tape 155.

  When holding the banknote in the tape-type winding unit 15b, the rotary drum 151 rotates in the forward direction (the arrow direction shown in (A) in the figure), and the banknote fed through the switchback path 15a is removed. In a state of being sandwiched between the tapes 154 and 155, it is wound and held around the circumferential surface of the rotary drum 151 (see (A-1) to (A-3) in the figure).

  On the other hand, when a bill is fed out from the tape-type winding unit 15b, the rotating drum 151 rotates in the reverse direction (the arrow direction shown in (B) in the figure) as shown in (B) in the figure. The bills held between the tapes 154 and 155 are fed out to the switchback path 15b. Then, the banknotes fed out to the switchback path 15b by the tape type winding unit 15b are returned to the transport unit 16 when they are fed from the transport unit 16 and the front and back are reversed ((B-1 in the same figure). ) To (B-3)).

  Thus, the temporary storage part 15 can hold | maintain temporarily the banknote withdrawn in the switchback path | route 15a using the tape type winding part 15b. Moreover, the temporary storage part 15 can reverse the front and back of a banknote by switching back the temporarily hold | maintained banknote and returning it to the conveyance part 16 again.

  Next, the operation in the case of sorting reject banknotes using the temporary storage unit 15 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an operation example when the reject banknotes are sorted using the temporary storage unit 15.

  Here, in the figure, the reject banknote is specified to be rejected by the reject cause identifying unit 22c so that the reject cause is a conveyance error or a storage error, and the other inappropriate reject banknotes are turned face-down to the deposit reject port. The case where it is made will be described as an example. In addition, (A) of the figure shows an operation example of the withdrawal processing unit 22d, and (B) of the figure shows an operation example of the temporary holding unit 15.

  As shown to (A) of the figure, the withdrawal processing part 22d withdraws the appropriate reject banknote determined to be face up by the identification counting part 11 from the appropriate reject banknote to the deposit reject port 14. Similarly, the withdrawal processing unit 22d also dispenses the inappropriate reject banknote determined to be face down by the identification counting unit 11 among the inappropriate reject banknotes to the deposit reject port 14 ((A-1) in the figure). reference).

  Further, the withdrawal processing unit 22 d temporarily holds the appropriate reject banknote determined by the identification counting unit 11 as being face down by using the temporary holding unit 15 among the appropriate reject banknotes. Similarly, the withdrawal processing unit 22d temporarily holds the improper reject banknote determined to be face up by the identification counting unit 11 among the improper reject banknotes by using the temporary storage unit 15 ((A-2 in the figure). )reference).

  Subsequently, in the banknote handling apparatus 1, the temporary holding unit 15 feeds the proper reject and improper reject banknotes temporarily held to the deposit reject port 14 after reversing the front and back ((B-1) in the figure). reference). As a result, the proper reject banknote temporarily held by the temporary storage unit 15 is reversed face up and withdrawn to the deposit reject port 14. Similarly, the improper reject banknote temporarily held by the temporary storage unit 15 is also turned upside down and withdrawn to the deposit reject port 14 (see (B-2) in the figure).

  As a result, in the deposit reject port 14, the proper reject banknotes are stacked face up and the inappropriate reject banknotes are stacked face down.

  As described above, the withdrawal processing unit 22d determines that the first reject banknote (for example, the proper reject banknote) is to be withdrawn in either the front side or the back side, and the second reject banknote (for example, , Improper reject banknote) is determined to be withdrawn in the opposite direction to the first reject banknote. Further, when the front and back direction identified by the identification counting unit 11 is different from the front and back direction determined by the withdrawal processing unit 22d, the temporary storage unit 15 inverts the front and back of the rejected banknote and rejects it. It was decided to withdraw banknotes.

  Therefore, as a result of being able to withdraw appropriate reject banknotes that can be deposited by re-insertion and improper reject banknotes that will not be deposited no matter how many times they are inserted, in a different direction, Can be done efficiently.

  In addition, although the case where the temporary storage part 15 is utilized for front and back inversion was demonstrated here, you may utilize the temporary storage part 15 for the use which hold | maintains a reject banknote temporarily. For example, all the appropriate reject banknotes are temporarily held in the temporary storage unit 15 and all the inappropriate reject banknotes are withdrawn to the deposit reject port 14. Then, the proper reject banknote temporarily held in the temporary storage unit 15 may be withdrawn to the deposit / reject port 14. As a result, appropriate reject banknotes and inappropriate reject banknotes can be sorted and sorted by sorting.

  In addition, here, the reject banknote is withdrawn to the deposit rejection port 14, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the reject banknote may be withdrawn to the withdrawal port 13, the deposit reject port 14 and the withdrawal. It is good also as withdrawing money to both mouths 13. Further, the reject banknote is temporarily stored using the temporary storage unit 15, and after all the banknotes in the deposit port 12 have been thrown out, the reject banknote temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 15 is withdrawn to the deposit port 12. May be.

  Next, the case where the reject banknotes are sorted by shifting the reject banknotes in the left-right direction or by changing the vertical and horizontal orientations will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating another operation example of the withdrawal processing unit 22d. In addition, (A) of the figure shows an example of operation when the rejected banknote is shifted in the left-right direction, and (B) of the same figure is withdrawn by changing the vertical and horizontal directions of the reject banknote. An example of the operation is shown.

  As shown to (A) of the figure, the path | route switch part 23 is provided on the conveyance part 16 of the deposit rejection opening 14 vicinity. The path switching unit 23 includes a straight path for moving the conveyed banknotes straight with respect to the transport unit 16, and a shift path for moving the banknotes conveyed straight in the direction (right and left direction) perpendicular to the straight path. Switch between routes.

  Then, the withdrawal processing unit 22d instructs the path switching unit 23 to transport the inappropriate reject banknote along the straight path when dispensing the inappropriate reject banknote. As a result, the improper reject banknote advances straight along the transport unit 16 and is withdrawn to the deposit reject port 14 (see (A-1) in the figure).

  On the other hand, the withdrawal processing unit 22d instructs the path switching unit 23 to shift the proper reject banknote along the path when dispensing the proper reject banknote. As a result, the path switching unit 23 switches to the shift path, and the appropriate reject banknote is shifted in the left-right direction along the shift path and is withdrawn to the deposit reject port 14 ((A-2 in the same figure). )reference).

  As a result, the proper reject banknote and the improper reject banknote are accumulated in the deposit reject port 14 in a state where the left and right directions are deviated (see (A-3) in the figure).

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 5B, a pinch roller 24 may be provided on the transport unit 16 in the vicinity of the deposit reject port 14. Specifically, the pinch roller 24 includes two rollers along a direction orthogonal to the transport direction, and corrects the skew state by holding the banknote using one roller when the banknote passes. It can be carried out.

  Then, the withdrawal processing unit 22d instructs the pinch roller 24 to place both of these two rollers in a non-nipping state when dispensing an inappropriate reject banknote. As a result, the improper reject banknote is withdrawn to the deposit reject port 14 in a state where the longitudinal direction and the transport direction are orthogonal (see (B-1) in the figure).

  On the other hand, the withdrawal processing unit 22d instructs the pinch roller 24 to place either one of these two rollers with a predetermined force for a predetermined time when the appropriate reject banknote is to be withdrawn. As a result, the appropriate reject banknote is rotated 90 degrees starting from the portion sandwiched between the rollers, and then withdrawn to the deposit reject port 14 in a state in which the short side direction and the transport direction are perpendicular ((B -2)). The “predetermined time” referred to here is, for example, the time until the banknote is rotated 90 degrees, and the “predetermined force” is, for example, a force that can be rotated without breaking the banknote. is there.

  As a result, the proper reject banknote and the improper reject banknote are accumulated in the deposit reject port 14 in a state where the vertical and horizontal directions are different (see (B-3) in the figure).

  Thus, reject banknotes can also be sorted by shifting the reject banknotes in the left-right direction or changing the vertical and horizontal directions.

  In addition, in the banknote processing apparatus 1, a printing part may be provided on the conveyance part 16, and it may be made to withdraw after performing predetermined printing only with respect to an inappropriate rejection banknote. This also makes it possible to sort out and reject the appropriate reject banknote and the inappropriate reject banknote. In such a case, if the cause of the rejection is printed on the inappropriate reject banknote, it can be easily grasped whether the inappropriate reject banknote is a fake or a non-performing bill.

  Next, a specific operation of the banknote handling apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the banknote processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment. In addition, in the same figure, it has shown about the case where the rejection banknote by storage abnormality is divided and distinguished with another rejection banknote as an example.

  As shown in the figure, in the banknote handling apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, when the identification counting unit 11 performs the banknote identification process (step S101), the depositing possibility determining unit 22a determines whether or not depositing is possible (step). S102). Subsequently, in the banknote handling apparatus 1, when the depositing possibility determining unit 22a determines that the banknote can be deposited (step S103, Yes), the depositing processing unit 22b stacks the banknotes for each denomination according to the identification result. It stores in 18a-18e (step S104).

  On the other hand, in the banknote handling apparatus 1, when the deposit acceptance / rejection determination unit 22a determines that the banknote cannot be deposited (step S103, No), the reject cause identifying unit 22c identifies the reject cause of the reject bill (step). S105).

  Subsequently, in the banknote handling apparatus 1, the reject cause identifying unit 22c determines whether or not the reject cause is an abnormal storage (step S106), and when it is determined that the reject cause is an abnormal storage (step S106). , Yes), the withdrawal processing unit 22d withdraws the reject banknote to the deposit reject port 14 (step S107).

  On the other hand, when the cause of rejection is not abnormal storage (No at Step S106), the withdrawal processing unit 22d withdraws the reject banknote to the withdrawal port 13 (Step S108).

  When the processing of step S104, S107 or step S108 is completed, the banknote processing apparatus 1 determines whether or not all banknotes inserted into the deposit port 12 have been identified (step S109). Step S109, No), the process from step S101 to S109 is repeated.

  On the other hand, in the banknote handling apparatus 1, when it is determined that all the banknotes inserted into the deposit port 12 have been identified (step S109, Yes), rejected banknotes due to storage errors are included in the inserted banknotes. It is determined whether or not it has been (step S110). And in the banknote processing apparatus 1, when it determines with the rejection banknote by storage abnormality being contained (step S110, Yes), rejection information is displayed with respect to the display part 20 (step S111), and a process is carried out. finish. Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 1, when the rejection banknote by storage abnormality is not contained (step S110, No), a process is complete | finished as it is.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the identification counting unit identifies the inserted banknote, and the depositing possibility determining unit determines whether the banknote can be deposited based on the identification result of the banknote by the identification counting unit, The reject cause identifying unit identifies the reject cause of the reject banknote determined to be non-payable by the deposit enable / disable determining unit, and the withdrawal processing unit classifies the reject banknote based on the reject cause identified by the reject cause identifying unit. Therefore, the re-payment work of rejected banknotes can be performed efficiently.

  In FIG. 9, the reject information is displayed only when a reject banknote due to storage abnormality is present. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the reject information is always displayed when the reject banknote exists. It is good as well.

  In the embodiment described above, the temporary holding unit 15 is described as an example of the front / back determination unit. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any one of the stackers 18a to 18e may be used as the front / back reversing unit. Good.

  Moreover, although the Example mentioned above demonstrated the case where a banknote was temporarily hold | maintained using the tape-type winding part 15b which is what is called a tape-type storage part, and it pays out to the conveyance part 16 again, For example, a stacker type storage unit may be used similarly to the stackers 18a to 18e.

  By the way, when the banknote handling apparatus 1 is restored from a failure such as a jam or breakage of the transport unit 16 or when a maintenance check or the like of the transport unit 16 is performed, a banknote or a dummy banknote is inserted to make a round on the transport unit 16. Thus, there is known a technique for determining whether or not a defect such as the presence or damage of a remaining banknote exists in the transport unit 16.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, in the banknote handling apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, the transport unit 16 has a loop shape. Therefore, in the banknote handling apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, the conveyance state of the conveyance unit 16 is statistically determined by rotating the conveyance unit 16 a plurality of times, instead of simply circulating the banknote or the dummy banknote. Can do.

  For example, when the operator inserts one banknote or a dummy banknote from the deposit port 12 during maintenance inspection, the banknote handling apparatus 1 causes the inserted banknote or dummy banknote to circulate a plurality of times on the transport unit 16. Moreover, the banknote processing apparatus 1 measures the meandering, skewing, circulation time, etc. for every circumference | surroundings using the conveyance abnormality detection sensor 17 provided in each point on the conveyance part 16. FIG.

  And the banknote processing apparatus 1 calculates the average value etc. of the measurement result for every week, specifies the malfunction etc. of the conveyance part 16 using the computed average value etc., and displays the identified malfunction etc. as alert information Display on the unit 20 and the like. For example, the bill processing apparatus 1 displays on the display unit 20 or the like, as alert information, wear or breakage of belts or pulleys, contamination of foreign matter, breakage of the bill guide, or the like.

  As described above, when the bill or the dummy bill is transported to specify the trouble of the transport unit 16, the bill or the dummy bill is circulated a plurality of times and the statistical value is used. Can be specified with higher accuracy.

  In addition, the banknote processing apparatus 1 is good also as storing a dummy banknote in the stacker which is not used, paying out a dummy banknote from this stacker for every predetermined period, and performing the above maintenance inspection processes. As a result, the maintenance inspection process can be executed without bothering the operator.

  By the way, in order to give versatility, the banknote identification unit like the identification counting part 11 is generally manufactured separately from the banknote processing apparatus. Here, the banknote identification unit generates a classifier code including “country”, “series”, and “denomination” as a banknote identification result, for example, “US, series 0, $ 10”. It outputs to the control part of a bill processing device. Also, on the banknote processing apparatus side, various processes such as a deposit process are often performed using the identification machine code input from the banknote identification unit as it is.

  However, in the banknote processing apparatus 1, there is a restriction on the processing time, and if a code including a lot of information such as an identification machine code is handled, the processing may not be completed within a predetermined time.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, the identification counting unit 11 may output to the control unit 22 using another code that is simpler than the classifier code and has a smaller data capacity. Hereinafter, this point will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a case where the deposit / withdrawal process is performed based on the processor code.

  Note that (A) in the figure shows an overview of the deposit / withdrawal process based on the processor code, and (B) in the figure shows an example of a correspondence table between the processor code and the identifier code. (C) of the figure shows an operation example of the deposit process based on the processor code.

  As shown to (A) of the figure, the identification counting part 11 will output an identification result to the control part 22 of the banknote processing apparatus 1 not with an identification machine code but with a processing machine code, if a banknote identification process is performed ( (See (A-1) in the figure). And the control part 22 performs a money_receiving | payment process based on the processing machine code input from the identification counting part 11. FIG. Further, when the withdrawal instruction from the upper terminal 2 or the like is received by the processing machine code, the control unit 22 performs a withdrawal process based on the processing machine code (see (A-2) in the same figure).

  Here, the banknote processing apparatus 1 stores a correspondence table showing a correspondence relationship between the processor code and the identifier code. For example, as shown in FIG. 5B, in the correspondence table, the identifier code “US, series 0, $ 1” is associated with the processor code “1”, and the identifier code “US, “Series 0, $ 5” is associated with processor code “2”. In addition, this correspondence table shall be produced by the high-order terminal 2, for example, and downloaded to the banknote processing apparatus 1.

  The identification counting unit 11 also distinguishes banknotes having the same country and denomination but different in series, such as the identification code “US, series 0, $ 1” and the identification code “US, series 1, $ 1”. Identify. In such a case, the processor code is assigned to each of the same denomination banknotes (for example, a new 1-dollar bill and an old 1-dollar bill) that differ only in series. That is, here, the banknote processing apparatus 1 distinguishes and processes old and new banknotes.

  For example, as shown in (C) of the figure, when the identification counting unit 11 identifies a banknote of “US, series 0, $ 1”, the processor code “1” is transferred from the identification counting unit 11 to the control unit 22. Then, the control unit 22 stores the banknote in the stacker A corresponding to the processing machine code “1” (see (C-1) in the figure). On the other hand, when the identification counting unit 11 identifies a banknote of “US, series 1, $ 1”, the processor code “7” is output from the identification counting unit 11 to the control unit 22, and the control unit 22 starts. The banknotes are stored in the stacker B corresponding to the processor code “7” (see (C-1) in the figure).

  In this way, the identification counting unit 11 outputs the identification result to the control unit 22 with the processing machine code having a smaller data capacity compared to the identification machine code, and the control unit 22 performs the deposit / withdrawal process using the processing machine code. I decided to do it. As a result, the processing speed can be increased as a result of a reduction in the volume of data processed inside the banknote processing apparatus 1 and data transmitted and received between the banknote processing apparatus 1 and the host terminal 2. Therefore, even when processing time is severely limited, processing can be completed within a predetermined time.

  In addition, it is possible to easily cope with banknote ticket gates, change of the identification counting unit 11 and the like only by changing the correspondence table.

  In addition, as shown in (C) of FIG. 10, when an old old banknote of a series (here, a series 0 banknote) is to be collected without being used as a banknote for withdrawal, The stacker A that stores old banknotes may be used as a dedicated stacker.

  Moreover, although the case where the old and new banknotes were distinguished and processed was demonstrated in the same figure, since these are equivalent as the value of a banknote, it is good also as processing, without distinguishing these new and old banknotes. Hereinafter, this point will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining a case where processing is performed without distinguishing between old and new banknotes. In addition, (A) of the figure shows an example of a replacement table for replacing the processing machine code of the old banknote with the processing machine code of the new banknote, and (B) of the same figure shows the processing machine after the replacement. An example of the deposit processing based on the code is shown.

  As shown to (A) of the figure, the banknote processing apparatus 1 has memorize | stored the replacement table. Such a replacement table is information for associating an old banknote processor code (pre-replacement processor code) with a new banknote processor code (post-replacement processor code). For example, in the replacement table, the processor code “1” of the old banknote is associated with the processor code “7” of the new banknote.

  Note that the replacement table shown in FIG. 10A is also created by the upper terminal 2 and downloaded to the banknote processing apparatus 1 in the same manner as the correspondence table shown in FIG. In this way, by sharing the correspondence table and the replacement table between the banknote processing apparatus 1 and the upper terminal 2, information conversion when the banknote processing apparatus 1 notifies the upper terminal 2 of the deposit result or the banknote from the upper terminal 2. Information conversion of withdrawal instruction information to the processing apparatus 1 is facilitated. In addition, the validity of the deposit result and the contents of the withdrawal instruction can be easily confirmed.

  In the banknote handling machine 1, as shown in (B) of the figure, when the identification counting unit 11 identifies a banknote of “US, series 0, $ 1” which is an old banknote ((B-1 in the figure) )), The processor code “1” is output from the identification counter 11 to the controller 22. Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 1, the control unit 22 replaces the processing machine code “1” with the processing machine code “7” according to the replacement table (see (B-2) in the figure). And in the banknote processing apparatus 1, the control part 22 stores old banknote "US, series 0, $ 1" in the stacker B corresponding to the processor code "7" after replacement ((B-3 of the same figure). )reference).

  Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 1, when the accepted banknote is a new banknote “US, Series 1, $ 1”, the new banknote is processed by the processor code as in the case shown in FIG. It is stored in the stacker B corresponding to “7”. As a result, the old and new banknotes are stored in the stacker B without being distinguished (see (B-4) in the figure).

  As described above, the banknote processing apparatus and the banknote processing method according to the present invention are useful when it is desired to efficiently perform a re-payment operation of rejected banknotes, and in particular, proper rejection that causes conveyance abnormality or storage abnormality as a cause of rejection. It is suitable when you want to re-pay banknotes efficiently.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Banknote processing apparatus 11 Identification counting part 12 Deposit port 13 Withdrawal port 14 Deposit rejection port 15 Temporary holding | maintenance part 15a Switchback path | route 15b Tape-type winding part 151 Rotating drum 152 Upper pulley 153 Lower pulley 154,155 Tape 16 Conveyance part 17 Conveyance abnormality detection sensor 18 Storage unit 18a to 18e Stacker 18f Detailed inspection cassette 19 Accumulation unit 20 Display unit 21 Storage abnormality detection sensor 22 Control unit 22a Deposit acceptability determination unit 22b Deposit processing unit 22c Reject cause identification unit 22d Withdrawal processing unit

Claims (8)

A banknote processing apparatus for performing banknote deposit processing or deposit / withdrawal processing,
An identification means for identifying the inserted bill;
Deposit acceptance / rejection determination means for determining whether or not the bill can be deposited based on the identification result by the identification means;
Reject cause identifying means for identifying the reject cause of the reject banknote determined to be non-payable by the deposit availability determination means;
A banknote processing apparatus comprising: a withdrawal processing unit that sorts and rejects the rejected banknote based on the rejection cause identified by the rejection cause identifying unit. The withdrawal processing means includes
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the rejection cause specified by the rejection cause specifying means is notified using a predetermined notification means together with a withdrawal mode including a withdrawal destination information of the rejected banknote. . A plurality of storage means for storing the banknotes for each denomination;
A storage abnormality detecting means for detecting abnormality of the plurality of storage means for each of the storage means; and
The reject cause identifying means is:
Reject cause of reject banknote when the reject banknote is recognized as appropriate by the identifying means and an abnormality of the storage means corresponding to the denomination of the reject banknote is detected by the storage abnormality detecting means Identifies that the storage means is abnormal,
The withdrawal processing means includes
3. The reject banknote identified by the reject cause identifying unit as the cause of rejection being abnormal in the storage unit is separated from other reject banknotes to be withdrawn. Banknote processing equipment. It further comprises a conveyance abnormality detection means for detecting a conveyance abnormality of the inserted bill,
The reject cause identifying means is:
When the reject banknote is recognized as inappropriate by the identification unit, and the conveyance abnormality of the reject banknote is detected by the conveyance abnormality detection unit, the rejection cause of the reject banknote is a conveyance abnormality Identify,
The withdrawal processing means includes
4. The reject banknote identified by the reject cause identifying means that the reject cause is the conveyance abnormality is distinguished from other reject banknotes for withdrawal, and then withdrawn. Banknote processing equipment. A plurality of dispensing outlets for dispensing the banknotes;
The withdrawal processing means includes
A first reject banknote in which the reject cause specified by the reject cause specifying means corresponds to a predetermined reject cause is withdrawn to one withdrawal port, and the reject cause does not correspond to a predetermined reject cause. The banknote processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the reject banknote is withdrawn to another withdrawal port. It is further equipped with a front / back reversing means for feeding the banknotes upside down.
The identification means includes
Identify the front and back of the banknote,
The withdrawal processing means includes
The reject cause specified by the reject cause specifying means determines that the first reject banknote corresponding to the predetermined reject cause is to be withdrawn face-up or face-down, and the reject cause is a predetermined cause. Deciding to withdraw the second reject banknote not corresponding to the cause of rejection in the opposite direction to the first reject banknote;
The front and back reversing means is
When the front / back direction identified by the identification unit and the front / back direction determined by the withdrawal processing unit are different, the reject banknote is turned over after reversing the front / back side of the reject banknote. The bill processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4. A bill processing method for performing bill deposit processing or deposit / withdrawal processing,
An identification step for identifying the inserted bill;
A depositing / non-permitting determination step of determining whether or not the banknote can be deposited based on an identification result in the identifying step;
A reject cause identifying step for identifying the reject cause of the reject banknote determined to be non-payable in the deposit acceptability determining step;
A banknote processing method comprising: a withdrawal processing step of sorting and rejecting the rejected banknote based on the rejection cause identified in the rejection cause identifying step. Withdrawal process
The banknote processing method according to claim 7, wherein the rejection cause specified in the rejection cause specifying step is notified using a predetermined notification means together with a withdrawal mode including a withdrawal destination information of the rejected banknote.

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